The Spay-Lee Blog

Santa will be doing his thing again this year-

PHOTOS!

Dec.  10-11 at PetSmart Six mile Cypress store-

and

Dec. 17-18 at Page Field PetSmart store…

Randy George Santa,  Robert Kimbrell photography,

Assistants-  Carolyn Kimbrell, Donna George ….

Come on down!

S.P.A.Y – L.E.E., INC.
ANIMAL NON-KILL WELFARE ORGANIZATION
is having a HUGE GARAGE SALE to benefit the animals in their care!
Friday, February 25th-  8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Saturday, February 26th-  8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
951 Aqua Lane, off McGregor Blvd
across from Whiskey Creek and Tanglewood
Collectibles, kitchen ware, household accessories, knick knacks, clothing, books,
several pieces of furniture,  — you name it – we have it!  Two huge rooms full!
GREAT STUFF – GREAT PRICES!!
ALL PROCEEDS GO FOR HEALTH, CARE AND VETERINARY FEES OF OUR
WONDERFUL CATS AND DOGS**ALL UP FOR ADOPTION.
Perhaps you would be kind enough to forward this on to all your
Lee County email buddies or post it at your place of  employment.
The critters would especially appreciate it!!!
Thank you to everyone who donated items and who volunteer!!
We could not do it without  your help!
VOLUNTEERS ALWAYS NEEDED AND ALWAYS WELCOME.
Membership – $15 single, $25 family and up.

SANTA CLAWS

is coming to
PAGE FIELD COMMONS PETSMART
Sat. Dec. 18 & Sun. Dec. 19
11:00 am to 4:00 pm

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SIX  MILE  CYPRESS  PETSMART
Saturday – December 11th
11:00 am to 4:00 pm

S.P.A.Y. – L.E.E., Inc.’s
Very Own Santa Claws & Professional Photographer Will Be Here For Your Bird, Cat, Dog & Reptile Family Members Howl-i-Day Portraits Again This Year.

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Petsmart donates 50% of their Portrait Fee back to the individual 501(c)(3) Animal Rescue Organizations who participate by volunteering to take all of your Family Member’s Portraits!

Here are pictures taken of the Halloween adoption day at PetSmart October 30 and 31.

Denita 

Fairy

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Trick or Treat

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Festivities

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Last minute touches

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The Princess has arrived

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Princesses unite

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Party Animals

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Happy pug

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Something smells good

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Happy Halloweenl

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Wearing Stripes

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Walter, the Winner

Walter is a 10 yr. old Bloodhound who is up for adoption and fostered by Amy til he finds his forever home.  He won FIRST PLACE for MOST ORIGINAL costume dressed up as an Old Man.  Dobe Nayla found his beard to be most interesting and tried to eat it right off his face.

Tammy at DAS contacted Suzanne MacDonald, our volunteer in Naples…. Tammy said a sweet dobie pup was at the shelter, injured, and brought in on Thursday evening… found under a bush on Airport Road in Naples…. Suzanne called Judie who said “yes”. Suzanne went to DAS the following Monday and picked up ABBY, delivered pup to Jinx in Fort Myers who took Abby to Viscaya Prado Vet Hospital. Dr. McKelvie Xrayed and reported the bad news – it was a bad break, already trying to callous; might be able to pin it but would probably need plating which that clinic doesn’t do. Kim Liles, vet tech at Viscaya, agreed to foster Abby through her recovery. Abby was spayed on September 30, and off to see Dr. Hay (Veterinary Surgical Specialists in Tampa, Fla) with Jinx as chauffeur and Amy riding shotgun on Monday, October 4.

Abby underwent surgery on October 6 where the leg, that was trying to heal but nowhere near connected, had to be realigned and plated to hold the bone ends together. (see photos below) On October 8th, Vic and Emma Argento and Jinx drove on up to Tampa to pickup sweet Abby. Emma did a video of the physical therapy that Kim will do four times a day to keep that leg functional. Abby’s got to go back on Wednesday for a recheck and Jinx will do that run to Tampa again.

Many folks are praying for this little girl. She has the best chance for a normal life but the cost is over $2000. It’s put quite a dent in our financial status, and we are embarrassed to say we’d appreciate any assistance.  If you can donate to Abby’s cause, please e-mail Jude at apic@aol.com or click this link to chip immediately. But no matter what, Abby’s worth it! Priceless!

Emma sent in pictures of some of the SPAY-LEE volunteer staff and foster pets who were at Pet Smart last Saturday and Sunday.

You can see these fine folks and the foster pets on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th weekend of every month at the PetSmart Page Field Commons.

Here is the Shelter Challenge link from Donna:

Shelter Challenge Results @ The Animal Rescue Site

She says, “Hopefully we can get more than just 3-5 votes per day this time. Next challenge begins this coming Sunday – Jan. 18th. Thanks!”

Come to PetSmart Page Field Commons on December 19 or 20 from 11 a.m. till 4 pm.  That’s a Saturday and Sunday.  There you can see Donna’s hubby Randy, who will be Santa’s stand-in  and I hear he doesn’t need padding or even a fake beard!  You must see what a fabulous Santa’s stand-in he will be and a great guy to help out the real Santa and do this.  We all know this time of year is extremely busy for the real guy.  Carolyn Kimbrell’s husband, Robert, will be doing the photography, and he’s good at it.  You will be pleased.

The SPAY-LEE Santa (below) writes, “I think the digital photos will be in a very nice frame and the fee is $9.95, $5 of which goes to SPAY-LEE on December 19 and 20 only.”

We’ll be looking forward to seeing all our pet and people friends there!
December 19 and 20!

Jude

Wow!  Look at the big welcome the 3rd grade class at Immokalee Community School gave SPAY-LEE when they visited on December 7.  That’s a big banner!

What a beautiful welcome sign the children made.

This is Cookie, a Dalmatian/Boxer mix, meeting some of the 3rd graders.

Jinx brought along baby Savannah who is a mix of Chihuahua, Jack Russel Terrier, and Daschund in case any children were afraid of the big dogs, but there didn’t seem to be any.

Mia, a Dobermann, meets a new friend.

And then she poses with other friends in the class.

Walter, a Bloodhound, also has a new friend!

It was a great day!

Donna George, a SPAY-LEE volunteer wrote the following about SPAY-LEE’s visit to Immokalee Community School:

“My friend Lori is the teacher of the class we visited.  I have never seen a group of kids better behaved.  These 20 kids come from migrant worker homes and for them to donate $224 to our cause is a spectacular feat for them.

Lori is teaching her kids that their pets should be family members and not just a possession.  That spaying and neutering their furry family members will save thousands of animals from being euthanized every year.

Thank you, Lori, for caring deeply for homeless animals and teaching your students to care just as much for their health and welfare.”